Ramsey Willis Allen - The ballad of spider john (chords)

^AmSpider John is my name fr^Ciend ^DI'm in between freights and sure would be obliged ^Am If I could share^C your company ^{G Am}I'm on my way to nowhere ^C Been runnin^D' from my past ^{G Am}runnin' from the things^C I use to be-eeee ^G now I kn^Amow my words sound strange to you ^C But if you wait ^Dtill my song is sung and the story's told ^Am You might come to ^Cunderstand ^G

How I'm old and^Am bent and Devil sent, a^Cnd runnin' out of time ^{D G} When not long ago^Am I held a Royal Flush ^Cin my hand ^D

Oh, I was a Superm^Emarket fool ^Em7 I was a moto^A7r bank stool-pidgeon, robbin' my hometo^Emwn ^{Em7 A7} I th^Emought I lost my blues,^Em7 yes I thought^A7 I paid my dues And I thou^Fght I'd found a life to suit ^Cmy style ^{G Em} And old Spider^G John, robber man ^{F C} long, tall, and hands^Amome Yes, old Spide^Gr John with a loaded hand, ^Ftakin' ransom ^{C Am} Then one day I met Diamond Lil ^C and she^D was the sweetest thing, I declare That the summe^Amr wind had ever blown my ^Cway ^G But Lil^Am she had no idea, o^Cf my illustrious occ^Dupation ^G She tho^Amught I was a saint, not a sinner, gone ^Castray-ay ^{G Am}Spider he loved his lady so^C much, he would not ^Dconfess his sins For I knew if I did the la^Amdy would surely ^Ctake her leave ^G But you know that the word got arou^Amnd and Lilly left town ^C And he never ^Dsaw her again ^{G Am}Tossin' and turnin', 'causin^C' his heart to grieve ^D

^AmThat is all my story^C It's b^Deen these thirty years since I took the road ^Am To find^C my p^Grecious jewel one ^AmIf you see m^Cy Lilly, wo^Dn't you give her m^Gy regards? Tell he^Amr old Spide^Cr got tan^Ggled in the black web that he spun You can t^Amell her that ^CSpider go^Gt tangled in the black web that he spun